Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation.

Chapter 42 Full of Hope
"Give up the thought of cultivating immortality!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the four of them suddenly changed color, especially Zhu Linxian.

"What do you mean?"

Feeling the sudden change in the four people's emotions, Chen Zhaohu hesitated a little, reflecting on whether he had been too direct.

His younger brother Chen Qingling spoke frankly: "Cultivating immortals requires spiritual roots! You are in that damn place, the spiritual energy is completely exhausted. Even if you were born with spiritual roots, they would have withered long ago without the spiritual energy to nourish them for so many years!
Want to cultivate immortality without spiritual roots? Wishful thinking! "

"Spiritual roots?" The four of them looked at each other, their faces visibly flustered.

"The spiritual root is... the bridge that exists in the dantian that connects the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Without this bridge, even if you are surrounded by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, you will not be able to sense it, absorb it, or even refine it into your own magic power!"

"Absorbing and refining the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and turning it into one's own magic power? This is the cultivation of immortals?" The four people were able to become immortal seedlings, so they naturally had extraordinary talents and quickly understood the principles of cultivation of immortals.

"Yes, this is cultivating immortals! Only with magical powers can one practice immortal arts. Of course, magical powers can also nourish the body and prolong life." Chen Qingling likes to be a teacher and is quite satisfied.

Seeing the dim faces and dull eyes of several people, Chen Zhaohu glared at Chen Qingling: "Go away, you've only been eating spiritual rice for a few years, and you're so self-righteous?"

"Everyone, don't listen to him."

"The immortal cultivation you desire is indeed different from physical cultivation. It's not something you can achieve simply by stimulating your own Qi and blood. Instead, you need to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. As for spiritual roots... they are indeed necessary."

"However, in this world, we humans are the leaders of all spirits. We are born with all five elements. Anyone who can be born here has spiritual roots."

"The only difference is the degree to which the spiritual roots are sensitive to the spiritual energy of heaven and earth."

"The more spiritual rhymes a spiritual root can sense, the higher the efficiency of absorbing and refining the spiritual energy of that spiritual root will be. If the spiritual rhymes it senses are less than ten, then it is relatively slow and is considered a low-grade spiritual root. If it is more than ten to twenty, then the speed of absorbing and refining spiritual energy is faster and it is a mid-grade spiritual root. If it is more than twenty, then it is a child of destiny, a high-grade spiritual root. If there are no accidents, the foundation building is within reach and the golden elixir can also be expected..."

"Like me, my natural gold spiritual roots can only sense two strands of spiritual rhyme, wood spiritual roots can sense three strands, water spiritual roots can sense four strands, and fire and earth spiritual roots can sense only one strand each. These are considered the bottom of the low-grade spiritual roots, and they also belong to the vast majority of this world.

But even so, it's not impossible to cultivate immortality. It's a bit slow, but... the world of cultivation is ever-changing. Who can guarantee that I won't encounter any adventures?"

After Chen Zhaohu finished speaking, he looked at everyone again: "So, even if your spiritual roots are weak, you still have a chance. It's just... it may require a little bit of luck."

"Are you so sure that our spiritual roots are poor?" Zhu Linxian stood up, supporting himself on the table with his hands, his shoulders shaking, unwilling to accept it.

Chen Zhaohu smiled awkwardly: "This... coming out of the Absolute Spirit Land is naturally not good. It can be said that it must be very bad. My brother is right about this."

"Humans' innate spiritual roots and physical strength generally have a growth process and are not fixed at birth. In addition to innate inheritance, the most important thing is to nourish and grow after birth, and spiritual energy is the nourishment.

The true spiritual roots take shape at the age of fifteen. If there is no spiritual energy nourishment and no independent sense of energy during this period, the growth of the spiritual roots will definitely not be very good.

In particular, the Forsaken Land not only lacks the pure spiritual energy of the Spiritual Vein Dojo, but is even inferior to spiritually barren lands like ours. It is a truly spiritually barren land devoid of a single trace of spiritual energy. Even a supremely gifted talent born with natural spiritual roots will inevitably degenerate or even completely wither if they live in such a place for too long."

"Crack~" Zhu Linxian's whole body went limp and he fell back into his seat with a pale face.

The other three also looked ashen.

Chen Zhaohu felt a little bitter and wanted to speak to comfort her, but he was tongue-tied.

He was greatly surprised until he saw Li Ji'an.

Li Ji'an was still calm and composed at this moment, his eyes even full of hope... Seeing Chen Zhaohu looking at him, Li Ji'an smiled back.

Of course he would not be disappointed, he was even quite looking forward to it.

If his spiritual roots were fixed at birth, then he should be disappointed, but if they needed to grow, then there would be great hope for him.

He is already 28 years old in this life. According to Chen Zhaohu, his spiritual roots must be very poor, but that does not prevent him from nourishing his spiritual roots from the age of eight in the next life.

What's more, in the world of cultivation, there are so many magical powers, all kinds of immortal methods, as well as hundreds of arts such as elixirs, weapons, talismans and formations. As long as you keep going through life after life, there are so many possibilities!
"Tiger, you're here to take care of our business again. Congratulations." At this moment, the restaurant owner came over with a smile on his face.

Chen Zhaohu withdrew his gaze from Li Ji'an and the others and greeted them with a smile.

"I'm so ashamed. My Tianxianlou team hasn't completed their mission this month, so I'm really unable to supply you with more goods. However, my brother caught some good stuff, so I introduced it to you right away. You have to give me a good price."

"Hahaha, why are you talking behind each other's backs, brothers? It's a blessing for you to be noticed by the Tianxianlou in the Xianfang. Maybe one day you will get a reward from the family." The shopkeeper smiled and patted Chen Zhaohu's shoulder, then mentioned the purple-gold sable.

"Two spirit stones! How?"

Chen Zhaohu looked at Li Ji'an, smiled and nodded: "You have to ask my brother about this."

Li Ji'an smiled back and said, "Thank you very much, boss. I'll give it to you."

The shopkeeper smiled and asked the boy to take the purple sable away, then he took out two pigeon egg-sized, bright green spirit stones from his arms.

"Why not change it into spiritual sand for my brother?" Chen Zhaohu spoke again.

The shopkeeper looked at Li Ji'an, and when he saw Li Ji'an nod, he put away the spirit stone and took out a small bag of spirit sand from his bosom and handed it over.

After the shopkeeper left, Chen Zhaohu explained, "Since you've just arrived, you probably won't need spirit stones for a long time. The spirit sand is enough to meet your daily needs."

Li Ji'an enjoyed the following meal with great relish. In addition to the unique flavor, the blood and energy contained in the monster meat was several times richer than that of the precious beasts eaten in the Xianci Dynasty, which made him look forward to refining his body in this world of immortal cultivation.

As for the other four people, they just felt bitter and hard to swallow.

After dinner, Li Ji'an accepted Chen Zhaohu's invitation and returned to his residence with him.

"How is it? I asked a cultivator from the Huangshan Wei family who is proficient in earth-based magic to build it. It cost a full ten spirit stones."

It covers an area of ten acres, with ten rooms on two floors, as well as an animal pen and a courtyard for practicing martial arts. The overall earth and stone structure looks very solid and imposing.

"Brother Li, if you don't mind, you can stay here for the time being. As for whether you want to join us, there's no rush. You can take your time to think about it and learn more about us. There are often cultivators coming and going in the square, so you can ask for their advice. However, there are all kinds of people there, so be careful and don't be fooled."

"Also, there is a spirit stone tester set up by the Immortal House on the north side of the square. It tests once with ten taels of spirit sand. If you are still not giving up, you can go and test it." Chen Zhaohu said very proudly.

Hearing this, the other four people immediately couldn't sit still and looked at Li Ji'an.

"Okay, let's go get a test." Li Ji'an understood their eagerness and without hesitation, he led the four people to the square again.

(End of this chapter)